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Most Popular Radio Stations
Los Angeles Radio Market

Radio, Broadcasting, Los Angeles

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Also see:
AM Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area.
FM Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area.


The top five most popular radio stations in February 2025 took from 4.3 to 6.3 percent of radio audience share. Combined, they reached almost 22 percent of all radio listeners in the Greater Los Angeles area.


Of the 42 L.A. radio stations listed here, 11 are Spanish-language stations. Combined, these 11 stations draw about 20 percent of the L.A. radio audience.



Ranked in Popularity, February-May 2025

Stations ranked by percent share of listening audience.

Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KOST FM 103.5 Adult Contemporary 1-tie 1 1 1
KRTH FM 101.1 Classic Hits 1-tie 2 2 2
KBIG FM 104.3 Hot Adult Contemporary 2 3-tie 3 3
KIIS FM 102.7 Top 40 Contemporary 3-tie 5 5 4
KNX FM 97.1 News 3-tie 3-tie 4 5
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KLVE FM 107.5 Spanish Adult Contemporary 4 4 6 6
KLOS FM 95.5 Classic Rock 5 8 11 9-tie
KCBS FM 93.1 Variety Hits 6-tie 9-tie 10 7
KTWV FM 94.7 Urban Adult Contemporary 6-tie 9-tie 7 9-tie
KLAX FM 97.9 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 7 6 9 10
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KFI AM 640 News/Talk 8 7 8 8
KUSC FM 91.5 Classical 9 10 15 15
KPCC FM 89.3 News/Talk Public Radio 10-tie 13 16 13
KYSR FM 98.7 Alternate Rock 10-tie 12 13 12
KROQ FM 106.7 Alternate Rock 11 15 19 16-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KSCA FM 101.9 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 12 11 12 11
KKGO FM 105.1 Country 13 14 14 14
KKJZ FM 88.1 Jazz 14 18-tie 20-tie 18
KRCD FM 103.9 / 98.3 Spanish Classic Hits 15-tie 17 21 16-tie
KXOL FM 96.3 Spanish Contemporary 15-tie 18-tie 18 16-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KKLQ FM 100.3 Christian Contemporary 16-tie 21-tie 20-tie 20-tie
KLLI FM 93.9 Hot Adult Contemporary 16-tie 16 17 16-tie
KRRL FM 92.3 Urban Contemporary 17 20-tie 20-tie 20-tie
KCRW FM 89.9 Public Radio/ Variety 18 19-tie 22-tie 22-tie
KJLH FM 102.3 Urban Contemporary 19-tie 20-tie 20-tie 19
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KPWR FM 105.9 Urban Contemporary 19-tie 22 24 21
KLAC AM 570 Sports 20 21-tie 26 27-tie
KBUE FM 105.5 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 21-tie 21-tie 23 17
KLYY FM 97.5 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 21-tie 19-tie 22-tie 22-tie
KDAY FM 93.5 Classic Hip Hop 22 23 25 23
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KFWB AM 980 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 23 24 27 24
KCSN FM 88.5 Adult Alternative 24 26-tie 30 25
KEIB AM 1150 Talk 25 25 29 26
KAIA FM 95.9 Christian Contemporary 26-tie 27 32-tie 27-tie
KRLA AM 870 Talk 26-tie 26-tie 28 27-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KDLD FM 103.1 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 28-tie 28-tie 31 28
KKLA FM 99.5 Christian Talk 28-tie 28-tie 33-tie 29-tie
KTNQ AM 1020 Spanish News/Talk 28-tie 28-tie 32-tie 30-tie
KWKW AM 1330 Spanish Sports 28-tie 28-tie 32-tie 29-tie
KHJ AM 930 Religious Catholic 29-tie 28-tie 33-tie 30-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
May 2025 Apr 2025 Mar 2025 Feb 2024
KTLW FM 88.9 Christian Contemporary 29-tie 29-tie 33-tie 32-tie
KMZT AM 1260 Classical 30 29-tie 33-tie 30-tie

Source: Radio Online and Neilsen Audio